Momentum in wave formations gathers in interesting shapes and colors at King’s Bath, Kauai.
Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 70-200 f4L IS@147mm, ISO 250, f/7.1, .5 sec,
Shot right after my
last post. Thanks for the comments on that one!
As I continued to watch the waves building and smashing against the coast, I was intrigued by the way the water collected its momentum. Just outside the cove of King’s Bath seemed to be a drop off in elevation of rock. As water receded, it began to collect and form new waves that, in turn, came towards the shore. This repetitive process was mesmerizing, and slightly different each time. Sometimes the water would curl up and fold, and other times it would take interesting wheel like shapes as they charged forward. Here is such a wheeling motion behind the sheen reflection of the warm sunset light.
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35 commentsBTW, the large version seems a little bit noisy.
Yiming - thanks for that. At ISO 250 I was bummed to see color noise in the first place. I addressed it only slightly in my first post.
Floris & Mark - thanks for the thought on comps! I framed it to include the rocks since I liked how it was perpendicular to the crashing water. They only really showed up in a couple of the frames -- other times they were hidden by the flow of the water. I'm lucky they did appear in my favorite exposure. Other comps without the rocks seemed to lack base & lose context.
John
I like the lines in the water, and you caught the wave breaking just at the right time.
Peter
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
The results are very compelling in motion and energy.
I love the Kings bath area. So many compositions to be had.
Gary.
aF
How can two small solid elements be placed so perfectly in the frame? Masterful effect on the look and feel of this image, as if it weren't already totally off the scale of goodness.
congrats on the WP!
Sandy